9:28 AM,
Mar. 8, 2013

Caffeine from coffee, tea and other beverages can trigger migraines. High caffeine consumption also increases your chances of developing chronic headaches, especially in women and those under 40, research suggests.

Written by

The Doctors
For USA Weekend

The intense throbbing pain of an occasional migraine is bad - especially when accompanied by nausea, vomiting, blurred vision or sensitivity to light and sound. Imagine getting one of those doozy headaches most days: That's the reality of chronic migraines.

A recent survey of 2,600 migraine sufferers found more than 40 percent have the chronic kind. The same survey reported 38 percent of people with chronic migraines lost a job because of their condition.

Chronic sufferers are stigmatized in the same way people with epilepsy are, reports a new study in the journal PLOS ONE. When migraines ...